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Police: Phoenix dollar-store murder suspect arrested in Mississippi

A 35-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a customer at a Phoenix dollar store more than a decade ago was found and arrested in Mississippi on Wednesday, police confirmed.

Michael C. Moye was 21 years old when police say he and two others entered a dollar store near 75th Avenue and Thomas Road and killed 41-year-old Jaime Hugo Olivera-Perez in June 2001, according to a Phoenix Police Department statement. A store worker was also assaulted in the incident.

Police said the case was worked extensively by detectives, but their leads were exhausted and the case went cold.

Cold case detectives reopened the case in 2012 and, through extensive investigative work, identified Moye as a suspect, police said. A warrant for his arrest was obtained through the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

Jackson County sheriff's officials received the warrant information and arrested Moye in Moss Point, Miss., on Wednesday, Phoenix police said. Moye was booked into the Jackson County Jail and is awaiting extradition to Arizona, police said.

Police are still searching for the two people involved in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call the Phoenix Police Department at 602-262-6151, Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO for Spanish.